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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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2016 AFL Rising Star
The AFL Rising Star is an Australian rules football award presented annually to the player adjudged the best young player in the Australian Football League (AFL) for the year. An eligible player is nominated for the award each round during the AFL's regular season, and a panel of experts vote for the winner at the end of the season.

During the 2016 season, the award was sponsored by National Australia Bank. The winner was announced in a presentation held at Crown Palladium on 6 September 2016 and broadcast on subscription television by Fox Footy. The voting panel for the season consisted of ten members, all of whom were AFL officials or former players: Kevin Bartlett, Luke Darcy, Mark Evans, Danny Frawley, Glen Jakovich, Cameron Ling, Gillon McLachlan, Matthew Richardson, Warren Tredrea and Kevin Sheehan.

The winner was Sydney player Callum Mills, who polled 49 votes. Mills was the third Sydney recipient to win the award, and the first New South Wales–born winner. The club that garnered the most individual nominations this season was Melbourne with four players nominated for the award, a record for the club. Essendon player Orazio Fantasia, who received a nomination in round 17, was previously nominated for the award in the 2015 season—becoming the tenth player ever to be nominated twice for a Rising Star award.

Nominations

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Caleb Daniel finished second in the final voting for the season's award, with 41 votes.
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Christian Petracca was one of four Melbourne players to be nominated for the Rising Star in 2016.
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Orazio Fantasia, who received a nomination in round 17, was also nominated for the award in the 2015 season.
Table of nominees
Player Round Club Ref.
Clayton Oliver 1 Melbourne
Darcy Parish 2 Essendon
Jacob Weitering 3 Carlton
Caleb Daniel 4 Western Bulldogs
Tom Papley 5 Sydney
Blake Acres 6 St Kilda
James Harmes 7 Melbourne
Jacob Hopper 8 Greater Western Sydney
Christian Petracca 9 Melbourne
Darcy Byrne-Jones 10 Port Adelaide
Connor Blakely 11 Fremantle
Lachie Weller 12 Fremantle
James Sicily 13 Hawthorn
Jade Gresham 14 St Kilda
Peter Wright 15 Gold Coast
Callum Mills 16 Sydney
Orazio Fantasia 17 Essendon
Ryan Clarke 18 North Melbourne
Darcy Moore 19 Collingwood
Josh Dunkley 20 Western Bulldogs
Oscar McDonald 21 Melbourne
Daniel Rioli 22 Richmond
Tom Barrass 23 West Coast

Final voting

Table of votes
Player Rank Club Votes
Callum Mills 1 Sydney 49
Caleb Daniel 2 Western Bulldogs 41
Jacob Weitering 3 Carlton 26
Darcy Parish 4 Essendon 19
Darcy Moore 5 Collingwood 9
Jade Gresham 6 St Kilda 2
Christian Petracca Melbourne 2
Clayton Oliver 8 Melbourne 1
Lachie Weller Fremantle 1